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[RCMP records and personal correspondence]

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2020_01_002
Date
1990 to 2006
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This file contains records collected or created by Baltej Singh Dhillon during his early career as a RCMP officer. Includes personal correspondence from organizations and individuals in response to the RCMP turban ban and resulting legal challenge. Also includes personnel records detailing Dhillon's activities as an RCMP officer.
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[RCMP records and personal correspondence]
[RCMP records and personal correspondence]
This document from R.B. Kourlwick Jai to Staff Sgt. Hanke, recommending Baltej Singh Dhillon to recieve training for a program entitled Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design. The rest of the document contains another recommendation for a Constable Cam Percy for Advance Child Abuse training program.
[RCMP records and personal correspondence]
[RCMP records and personal correspondence]
This newspaper article written by Joanne Hazen in the Quensel Caribou Observer in the Crime section. The article addresses Baltej Singh Dhillon's participation in the Citizens on Patrol program, where approved patrols of citizens canvas Quesnel and phone in any suspicious activity to the R.C.M.P. more
[RCMP records and personal correspondence]
[RCMP records and personal correspondence]
Correspondence written by Dianne Pelz that was sent to Carl W. Busson and copied to Baltej Singh Dhillon, and Mike Standbridge. Content of correspondence includes Pelz, the Area Coordinator of the Block Parent Program, thanking Dhillon for his support of the program and Standbridge for answering their phone calls.
[RCMP records and personal correspondence]
[RCMP records and personal correspondence]
Correspondence between Sergeant K.G. Alrod and Principal Peter Walsh about the Self-Defense Awareness Program and Baltej Singh Dhillon's participation. Dhillon was CC'd in the correspondence. The content is Walsh requesting training videos, as Dhillon had attended one of the four times the self-defense course was held. Included are course evaluation and comments from students. more
[RCMP records and personal correspondence]
[RCMP records and personal correspondence]
Correspondence from Marian Gillard to Baltej Singh Dhillon. Content is Gillard offering support and volunteer hours towards Policing Access Centre, Block Watch program and noting her objection to the Canadian Legion's flyer on the turban ban. Gillard shows support for the Kalsa Sikh community and Dhillon's dedication. more
[RCMP records and personal correspondence]
[RCMP records and personal correspondence]
Document is a certificate presented to Baltej Singh Dhillon from Brian Foote and G.B. Braithwaite from the Coquitlam RCMP Citizen's Patrol Seminar. This certificate was present to Dhillon in June of 1995. more
[RCMP records and personal correspondence]
[RCMP records and personal correspondence]
Correspondence from Connie Curtis to Baltej Singh Dhillon while at the Training Academy in Regina, Saskatchewan, 1991. Curtis congratulates Dhillon on his graduation and shows support to reassure him that any prejudiced comments towards him are in the minority.
[RCMP records and personal correspondence]
[RCMP records and personal correspondence]
This document from the R.C.M.P. to Baltej Singh Dhillon certifies him as a Peace Officer in November of 1990.
[RCMP records and personal correspondence]
[RCMP records and personal correspondence]
Correspondence from Leslie and Michael Kaduch in Ottawa to Baltej Singh Dhillon in Quesnel, B.C. Contents include postcard photo of a man, Horace, posing with a large fish entitled, "Fish Story", and the text congratulates Dhillon on his posting and his strength and tenacity in the face of prejudice and ignorance. more
[RCMP records and personal correspondence]
[RCMP records and personal correspondence]
This document contains a correspondence from the Campbell River Detachment to the Quesnel detachment, copied to Baltej Singh Dhillon's service file. They thank Dhillon for his presentation to the student body of Robron Secondary School. Also included are newspaper clippings from the Campbell River Mirror these appearances. more
[RCMP records and personal correspondence]
[RCMP records and personal correspondence]
Correspondence from Vice-Principal Robert Lundine to Quesnel Detachment, copied to Baltej Singh Dhillon's file. Contents include Dhillon's visit to Robron Secondary, where he was given the honorary title of Principal for the day on Febraryt 26, 1993. Dhillon gave four seperate presentations at Robron Secondary to students grades 9-12. more
[RCMP records and personal correspondence]
[RCMP records and personal correspondence]
Correspondence from Susane N. Frost to Baltej Singh Dhillon. Content refers to a legal case about whether the Commissioner and Solicitor General's authority to change RCMP uniforms, and details individuals involved in their legal stance defending the policy change regarding turbans. more
[RCMP records and personal correspondence]
[RCMP records and personal correspondence]
Correspondence from Ruth Stubbs, the Curator at the Quesnel & District Museum, to Staff Sgt. Carl W. Busson, copied to Baltej Singh Dhillon's file. Content of correspondence includes Stubbs requesting a turban worn by Dhillon be donated to the museum because of its Religious significance. The other documents are memorandums authorizing this request for it's inclusion in their… more
[RCMP records and personal correspondence]
[RCMP records and personal correspondence]
Correspondence from Harkinder Singh to Carl W. Busson, copied for Baltej Singh Dhillon. Contents detail Harkinder Singh's appreciation of Dhillon's appearance at a seminar and the London Sikh Society's Gurdwara, speaking to his professionalism, personal demeanor and experiences in becoming an RCMP offier. more
[RCMP records and personal correspondence]
[RCMP records and personal correspondence]
This document contains a performance review of Baltej Singh Dhillon, completed by Al Ford, R.J.S. Wylie, K.S. Warnica and G.L. Dinyer. Contents include a summary of Dhillon's key duties, performance of duties, strengths and weaknesses. more